Bhagavad Gita 6.9सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु।साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते ॥
suhṛin-mitrāryudāsīna-madhyastha-dveṣhya-bandhuṣhu
sādhuṣhvapi cha pāpeṣhu sama-buddhir viśhiṣhyate
Sanskrit recitation
Who is truly a yogi · 6.1–6.9 · Teaching
Translation
He who is of the same mind towards the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent, the neutral, the hateful, the relatives, the righteous, and the unrighteous, excels.
Hindi translation
सुहृद्, मित्र, वैरी, उदासीन, मध्यस्थ, द्वेष्य और सम्बन्धियोंमें तथा साधु-आचरण करनेवालोंमें और पाप-आचरण करनेवालोंमें भी समबुद्धिवाला मनुष्य श्रेष्ठ है।
Meaning
He excels He is the best among the Yogarudhas.Samabudhhi is equanimity or evenness of mind. A Yogi of Samabuddhi has eal vision. He is ite impartial. He is the same to all. He makes no difference with reference to caste, creed or colour. He loves all as his own self, as rooted in the Self.A goodhearted man does good to others without expecting any servie from them in return.Udasina is one who is ite indifferent.A neutral is one who does not join any of the two contending parties. He stands as a silent spectator or witness.The righteous are those who do righteous actions and follow the injunctions of the scriptures.The unrighteous are those who do wrong and forbidden actions, who inure others and who do not follow the scriptures.
After Swami Sivananda
Who is truly a yogi· 6.1–6.9→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 6.1The Blessed Lord said: He who performs his bounden duty without depending on the fruits of…
- 6.2Do you, O Arjuna, know that Yoga is what they call renunciation; no one indeed becomes a…
- 6.3For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; for the same sage…
- 6.4When a person is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having renounced all…
- 6.5One should raise oneself by one's own self alone; let not one lower oneself; for the self…
- 6.6The Self is the friend of the self of him by whom the Self has been conquered; but to the…
- 6.7The Supreme Self of him who is self-controlled and peaceful remains balanced in cold and…
- 6.8The Yogi who is satisfied with the knowledge and wisdom of the Self, who has conquered the…
6.9He who is of the same mind towards the good-hearted, friends, enemies, the indifferent,…
Word-by-word→
- api
- as well as
- ari
- enemies
- cha
- and
- mitra
- friends
- dveṣhya
- the envious
- su-hṛit
- toward the well-wishers
- udāsīna
- neutral persons
- pāpeṣhu
- the sinners
- bandhuṣhu
- relatives
- madhya-stha
- mediators
- sādhuṣhu
- pious
- sama-buddhiḥ
- of impartial intellect
- viśhiṣhyate
- is distinguished
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